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Re: Request for designs
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 3 Jun 2002 02:20:23 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.*nospam*net>
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Dean Hystad wrote:
> I am writing up some coaches training materials for First LEGO League (FLL)
> in Minneapolis MN and I need some help with examples of various robot
> designs. I plan on covering:
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> Platforms:
> Differential Drive (2 drive wheels, 1 or more casters)
> Differential Skid (tracks or wheels)
> Steered wheels (front wheel and four wheel steering)
> Tricycle drive
> Articulated steering
> Other?
I think you should toss in some weird ones:
Bipeds, Quadrupeds. Shrimps. Killough platforms (a personal favorite of mine).
Er - those weird wheels that have rollers instead of treads so they can
roll smoothly sideways - what are those called? Snake-like motion.
Track-following (eg Monorails, cable-cars, railroad engines).
What about those suction cup contraptions that can climb vertical sheets
of glass?
I believe all of the above have been built from Lego parts at one time or
another.
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| (...) I ran a training session for FLL coaches last year. Some coaches already have Mindstorms experience - those aren't the ones that need training. Many of the others had never played with Technic or Mindstorms before. We spent over an hour on (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| I am writing up some coaches training materials for First LEGO League (FLL) in Minneapolis MN and I need some help with examples of various robot designs. I plan on covering: Platforms: Differential Drive (2 drive wheels, 1 or more casters) (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jun-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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